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3Jersey Journal – March/April 2013

4 Northern On Farm Challenge 20128 Building on the Best and Brightest

Genetics12 Jerseys make Australia’s best milk16 Jerseys well placed to supply growing

exports20 Club Profile: Mount Compass JCC24 Polled Genetics28 Finding the right balance31 Jersey Showcase sale 201332 Shows: International Dairy Week 2013

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IN THIS ISSUE...

Vol. 66 No. 2 - March-April 2013

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COVER WJCB AGM SALE(top left - clockwise)Riverside Country Lollypop EX93 (IDW 2013) - C & K Couch Ardylbar Comerica Eleanor VG88 - Barron Family (Brisbane Royal)Shirlinn Icy Eve EX94 - Shirlin Jerseys (Sydney Royal)Craiglea Avery Silkie EX91 - W & P Nicholson & Family (Melbourne Royal)Merseybank Elton Claire EX92 (GSC) - G & A Heazlewood EX 92Stewartdale Saber 2807 Poppy EX92 - J Haebich and L Nagel (Adelaide)

Fairbrae Berretta Satisfaction (J & B Hewitt)Northern On-Farm Challenge winner

Craiglea Avery Silkie was the top priced animal sold at the 2011 Northern Lights Sale and you have the opportunity to buy great Jerseys similar to those pictured on the front cover at the WJB AGM Northern Lights Sale on 20th May at Echuca. Further details contact Pat Nicholson – Sale Manager – [email protected] mobile: 0438 347 737

Cover design: Sharon Clark. Photos: Eleanor, Icy Eve, Silkie – Ross Easterbrook; Lollypop, Claire – Bradley Cullen; Poppy – Dean Malcolm

4 Jersey Journal – March/April 2013

Great Northern Challenge 2012

Champion 4yr old – Brunchilli Guapo Clau

words: Jenny McCarthy

The eagerly anticipated results of the Great Northern Challenge have been announced by over judge, Cameron Bawden. Cameron, the area manager for

Gippsland for Alta Genetics thanked Jersey Australia for the invitation to judge as well as those who entered at club level, the judges and finalists. For Cameron, the judging was truly a wonderful experience and he thanked Alta Genetics for sponsoring his travel.

Five hundred and eighty four cows and heifers were nominated at club level. Three clubs from Queensland competed, along with six from New South Wales.

The standout cow of the Great Northern Challenge for Cameron Bawden was Jim and Bev Hewetts, Fairbrae Berretta Satisfaction Ex93. “She was just ideal from every angle you chose to admire her. Balanced, feminine and correct throughout” Cameron declared. Satisfaction won the Mature Class, Best Udder and was also the Supreme Champion.

Dam of Satisfaction was Fairbrae Regal Satisfaction 3rd Ex92, a former Brisbane and Lismore Show Champion who had five full sisters. Their dam Fairbrae Roslyn Satisfaction Ex92 (by Hasty River Roslyn Sultan) was retired from milking at sixteen years of age.

Second placing in the mature class went to Ingalala BB Jeanette Ex91 (by Bushlea Brook Biestar), who is owned by Milton and Douglas Johnston of Taree.

GREAT NORTHERN CHALLENGE WINNERS

Judge: Cameron Bawden

SUPREME CHAMPION JERSEY: Fairbrae Berretta Satisfaction

- J & B Hewett

TWO-YEAR-OLD1st Cedar Vale Blackstone Poppy, K & M Atkins; 2nd Shirlinn ILB Babe, Wilson Family, Shirlinn Jerseys; 3rd Ascot Park Comerica Daphne, S & J McCarthy; 4th Ascot Park Comerica Beauty 2, W & S Oslear

THREE-YEAR-OLD1st Fairbrae Comerica Satisfaction, J & B Hewett; 2nd Glen Echo Comerica Sammy, Chad Parker; 3rd A-Class Senior Rarity, Adam Gavenlock; 4th Ardylbar Comerica Fairy, Justin Wenzel

FOUR-YEAR-OLD1st Brunchilli Guapo Clau, Adam Gavenlock; 2nd Cedar Vale Beni Delight, Salway-Ringland Partnership; 3rd Ascot Park S.F Pamela, S & J McCarthy; 4th Farmlands Signature Dixie, Chad Parker

MATURE COW1st Fairbrae Berretta Satisfaction, J & B Hewett; 2nd Ingalala BB Jeanette, John-ston Bros; 3rd Cedar Vale Country Floss, Mark & Robert Wilson and Families; 4th Brunchilli JS Eileen, S Paulger & Family

In an interesting twist, Jim Hewett had bought a cow from Ingalala Stud over twenty years ago, that commenced his Satisfaction cow family.

Mark and Robbie Wilsons, Cedar Vale Country Floss Ex91, the 2012 Champion Cow at the State Show at Camden was third. In fourth place was Brunchilli JS Eileen, the 2012 Brisbane Show Reserve Champion Cow owned by Shane and Sharon Paulger of Kenilworth Qld.

Champion four year old was Adam Gavenlocks Brunchilli Guapo Clau Ex90–3yrs who produced 7,271 litres as a three year old. Cameron described Clau as having a massive frame. He also said “Clau is just the cow we need in large herds, width from head to tail and depth with a well attached udder”. Clau was bred by Maurie and Lyn Boyd of Finley. The Clau cow family commenced when they purchased the Crellynvale herd with the farm. Cameron admitted it was a close placing between his champion and the second placegetter Cedar Vale Beni


Champion 2yr old – Cedar Vale Blackstone Poppy. Champion 3yr old – Fairbrae Comerica Satisfaction. Champion Mature – Fairbrae Berretta Satisfaction.

Great Northern Challenge FinalistsDARLING DOWNS JERSEY CATTLE CLUB, QUEENSLAND

2 year old - Ascot Park Comericas Daphne - S & J McCarthy3 year old - Macleigh Fidels Elaine - Matthew McCarthy

4 year old - Ascot Park S.F. Pamela - S & J McCarthy5 year old+ - Ascot Park FP Beauty - S & J McCarthy

SUNSHINE COAST JERSEY CATTLE CLUB, QUEENSLAND2 year old - Glen Echo Elton Darling ET - Lance Grevett3 year old - Glen Echo Comerica Sammy - Chad Parker4 year old - Farmlands Signature Dixie - Chad Parker

5 year old+ - Brunchilli JS Eileen - Shane Paulger

SOUTH EAST JERSEY CATTLE CLUB (Beaudesert), QUEENSLAND 2 year old - Fernybank Fernman Lois - LP & DA Dunne

3 year old - Ardylbar Comerica Fairy - Justin Wenzel 4 year old - Nobbyview Flash’s Miracle - Nobbyview Partnership

5 year old+ - Justin Vale Badgers Showgirl - Justin Wenzel

BEGA VALLEY JERSEY CATTLE CLUB, NSW. 2 year old - Wilgonia Bomber Bell - Salway-Ringland Partnership

3 year old - Salvation Valerian Rose - Craig & Julie O’Meara4 year old - Cedar Vale Beni Delight - Salway-Ringland Partnership

5 year old+ - Wilgo Lester Countess 7 - Salway-Ringland Partnership

CUMBERLAND & DISTRICT JERSEY CATTLE CLUB, NSW. 2 year old - Ascot Park Comerica Beauty 2 - W & S Oslear

3 year old - A-Class Senior Rarity - Adam Gavenlock 4 year old - Brunchilli Guapo Clau - Adam Gavenlock

5 year old+ - Cedar Vale Country Floss - M & R Wilson & Families

HUNTER VALLEY JERSEY CATTLE CLUB, NSW. 2 year old - Shirlinn ILB Babe - Wilson Family

3 year old - Creebank Blackstone Goldie - Williams Family 4 year old - Shirlinn Maximum Fern - Wilson Family

5 year old+ - Sunnycrest Rocket A Jessie - SD & KA Whitten

MANNING DISTRICT JERSEY CATTLE CLUB, NSW. 2 year old - Cedar Vale Blackstone Poppy - Ken & Margaret Atkins

3 year old - Siesta LBS Carol 2 - W F Green4 year old - Tarcoola Sultan Jodi - Coombes Family5 year old + - Ingalala BB Jeanette - Johnston Bros.

BEAUTIZONE JERSEY CATTLE CLUB (DORRIGO), NSW.

2 year old - Moonpah Clinton Hazeletta - Wayne & Robyn Burley3 year old - Valley Rose Miles Rachel - Scott & Renee Connell

4 year old - Moonpah Clinton Tania 2 - W & R Burley5 year old + - Moonpah Clinton Delight - W & R Burley

FAR NORTH COAST JERSEY CATTLE CLUB, NSW.

2 year old - Fairdale Sunnyboys Nancy - S & R Mathers3 year old - Fairbrae Comerica Satisfaction - Jim & Bev. Hewett

4 year old - Kenarie Popatop - Pat McDonald5 year old+ - Fairbrae Berretta Satisfaction - Jim & Bev. Hewett

Delight Ex90–4yrs, owned by Robert and Janelle Salway of Cobargo, NSW.

Queensland cows, Ascot Park SF Pamela Ex91 (by BW Special Forces) owned by Steve and Jenny McCarthy of Budgee and Farmlands Signature Dixie VG88 owned by Chad and Carita Parker of Kenilworth were third and fourth.

Daughters of Bridon Remake Comerica dominated the three year old class led by the champion Fairbrae Comerica Satisfaction (not yet classified) yet another Champion for Jim and Bev Hewett of Bentley NSW. “Satisfaction, without doubt in my mind is one of the best three year olds I have seen” Cameron Bawden commented. “She is tall, long and hard topped and has such a well balanced udder”. Dam of the three-year-old Champion is Fairbrae Regal Satisfaction 4th, a full sister to the dam of

the Supreme Champion. Jim Hewett was excited by the wins, however he quipped, “If I sell all my good ones I’ll have no reason to get out of bed in the morning!”

Chad and Carita Parkers Glen Echo Comerica Sammy VG88 was second and A-Class Senior Rarity Ex90, owned by Adam Gavenlock filled third place.

In fourth place was Justin Wenzel and Tahnee Kings Ardylbar Comerica Fairy Ex90, a former Brisbane Show Reserve Intermediate Champion Heifer.

Ken and Marg Atkins of the Manning District Club were delighted when their heifer Cedar Vale Blackstone Poppy 88pts-2yrs was announced as Champion two-year-old. Judge Cameron Bawden described Poppy as a very special individual. “Poppy is big and long and possesses a wonderful udder, it is so high and wide.

Breeder of Poppy, Winnie Oslear said, “when you sell a cow or heifer and the new owner achieves good results, it makes you feel great”.

The second placegetter was Shirlinn ILB Babe 88pts at two years (by Ingalala Legion Brett) owned by the Wilson Family at Tamworth.

The final two heifers were bred by Steve and Jenny McCarthy of Budgee, Qld. The 2012 Brisbane Intermediate Champion, Ascot Park Comerica Daphne 87pts-2yrs was third. In fourth place was Ascot Park Comerica Beauty 2nd 88pts-2yrs owned by Shane and Winnie Oslear of Gerringong.

In conclusion, you can’t help but be impressed by the passion and enthusiasm of the owners of the finalists of the Great Northern Challenge.

Balingen Park Jerseys“Little Cows - Big Attitude”!

Kieron & Melissa Eddy685 Hooper Road, Tatura, 3616

Ph: 0427 061 [email protected]

BROADLIN JERSEYSLynton and Lisa, Toni, Gavin and Cassie Broad

388 Johnson Road, LOCKINGTON 356303 5486 2624 - 0427 862 624 [email protected]

Jimann JerseysTrevor & Julie Campbell

286 Lowe Rd Rochester 3561PH: (03) 5484 1624 [email protected]

EURARIE JERSEYSCharles & Carolyn Smith

80 Rathbone Road, St Germains 3620Ph: 03 5826 0325

[email protected]

Brookbora JerseysRobert and Sandra Bacon

Tennyson Vic 357203 5488 2323 - 0429 333 119

[email protected]

Bercar Jersey StudBernie and Carol McManus

252 Bamawm Rd Bamawm. 3561Ph: 03 5483 2245

e-mail [email protected]

SUNSHINE FARM JERSEYSN R & J M McDonald

715 Andrews Rd Kyabram 3620Ph: 03 5855 2516 - 0428 992 450

[email protected]

LincoLndeLL JerseysRon and Val Read & Family

167 Panoo RoadLockington 3563

Utopia JerseysJared & Courtney Ireland

53 Hewlett Lane, Lockington.Ph: 03 5486 2694

[email protected]

Silhouette JerseysRichard & Ann Worboys

Echuca Mitiamo Rd • KottaPh: 03 5483 7500

[email protected]

Sybilgrove & SummerSpirit Jerseys

Collins Family202 McColl Road, Ballendella 3561

Ph/Fax: 03 5486 5393

NortherN District Jersey BreeDers cluB

Presdient: Bill Cochrane 03 5486 5474 Secretary: Lisa Broad 03 5486 2624

Benlock Jersey Stud

Bryan & Lee Rushton79 Brooks Rd Rochester 3861


WINDY WAYS JERSEYS

Frank Walsh41 A Finlay Road, Tongala VIC 3621

Ph: 03 5859 0532 Mobile: 0418 576 856

Email: [email protected]

Dalbora GeneticsRobert & Sandra Bacon

Daryl & Maria Collins

Tennyson Vic 35720427 882 227 - 0429 333 [email protected]

JUGIONG JERSEYSNicholson Family

Curr Rd Girgarre 3624Ph/fax 03 5854 6393

Pat 03 5854 [email protected]

Rockleigh ParkJerseys

Stewart Mancer2/1 Moama Court, Moama


SHENSTONEJERSEY STUDGordon & Lyn Emmett12 Curr Road, Stanhope


.....breeding since 1930

Gailee JerseysNorm & Dawn Stone

489 Hill Rd StanhopePh: 03 5857 2399

[email protected]

Craigielea Jerseys Bill, Kaye and Andrew Cochrane836 Hansen Rd, Bamawm, 3561


New Release Breed Leading Jersey SireSire: SC Gold Dust Paramount Iatola - ETDam: Sweetie Plus FG Artist Bold - VG88 299D 29,310M 4.0% 1173F 3.3% 969P (Lbs)MGS: ISDK Jas ArtistMGD: GR Forest Glen Winnix Bold - GP81 305D 26,120M 3.6% 946F 3.2% 834P (Lbs)

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Agri-Gene Pty Ltd123-125 Tone Road, Wangaratta Victoria 3677

ph: 03 5722 2666 fax: 03 5722 2777 email: [email protected]

website: www.agrigene.com.au

Plus Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold

Progeny-Proven for Total Performance• Plus is a New Release Proven A2/A2 Iatola Son from the USA who transmits exceptional Type, Udders and Milk Production.

• He is ranked amongst the Top USA Jersey Sires for JPI, Type, Rump Width, Rear Udder Height and Rear Udder Width and JUI.

• Plus offers outstanding Health Traits for Productive Life, Cell Counts and is one of the best for Sire Conception Rate.

Dtr: D P Plus Shawna 913 - VG88

Dtr: Otter Morr Plus Smores

Dtr: Dutch Hollow Plus Lyrika

Dam: Sweetie Plus FG Artist Bold - VG88

New Release Breed Leading Jersey SireSire: SC Gold Dust Paramount Iatola - ETDam: Sweetie Plus FG Artist Bold - VG88 299D 29,310M 4.0% 1173F 3.3% 969P (Lbs)MGS: ISDK Jas ArtistMGD: GR Forest Glen Winnix Bold - GP81 305D 26,120M 3.6% 946F 3.2% 834P (Lbs)

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Agri-Gene Pty Ltd123-125 Tone Road, Wangaratta Victoria 3677

ph: 03 5722 2666 fax: 03 5722 2777 email: [email protected]

website: www.agrigene.com.au

Plus Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold

Progeny-Proven for Total Performance• Plus is a New Release Proven A2/A2 Iatola Son from the USA who transmits exceptional Type, Udders and Milk Production.

• He is ranked amongst the Top USA Jersey Sires for JPI, Type, Rump Width, Rear Udder Height and Rear Udder Width and JUI.

• Plus offers outstanding Health Traits for Productive Life, Cell Counts and is one of the best for Sire Conception Rate.

Dtr: D P Plus Shawna 913 - VG88

Dtr: Otter Morr Plus Smores

Dtr: Dutch Hollow Plus Lyrika

Dam: Sweetie Plus FG Artist Bold - VG88


His tour of southern and central New South Wales, co-sponsored by Bayer and Idexx Laboratories, combined his special interest in BVDV with his broader veterinary expertise, particularly focusing on synchrony programs that are key to building cattle numbers and meeting the ever increasing demand for dairy produce.

Bayer has modified traditional synchrony programs with the aim of making every inseminated straw count. The Prosynch™ programs utilise the Cue-Mate synchrony device and a range of Bayer’s advanced fertility regulators, which enables timed insemination of previously non-cycling cows and heifers simultaneously with cycling cows and heifers.

“In anoestrous dairy cows, primarily caused by low energy levels and high production, we are able to use ProSynch™ programs with Cue-Mates to reset the follicular wave and get it in perfect condition at ovulation,” said Dr Bergman.

These advanced synchronisation programs give good cows a second chance allowing producers to cull the ‘true’ bottom percentage, on the basis of overall performance, not just because they didn’t get in calf in the first round.

“This allows producers to “salvage” late calving, genetically superior cows,” Dr Bergman said. “Getting in calf at first joining sets a cow up for a good reproductive life.”

The other benefit of the Prosynch™ synchrony program is the more even line and tighter calving patterns, which make management easier.

“Calves that are born earlier are ready to lactate earlier,” he said. “To

add to this the ‘calving surprise’ is reduced - producers know when calves will drop and can plan around those dates.”

Pioneering BVDV eradicationDr Bergman has dedicated his

career to finding the tools to develop cost effective strategies to manage BVDV systematically in both beef and dairy herds. In 2006 he established Australia’s first commercial laboratory for the diagnosis of animals ‘Persistently Infected’ with BVDV, using ear notch samples.

The introduction of ear notch testing has paved the way for a more comprehensive herd testing programs, allowing unweaned calves to be tested for the disease.

“We work with farmers at herd level to eradicate the disease and set up an independent surveillance system to get back on top of it if it returns.”

It is estimated 90% of Australian cattle farms are exposed to BVDV, costing an estimated $15 to $100 per animal each year, yet to date there is no national strategy to eradicate the disease as has been done elsewhere.

“The major impact from BVDV is reproductive losses, however many underestimate the ability of the virus to suppress the immune system of exposed animals” Dr Bergman said. “Young calves, or stressed adults exposed to BVDV carriers, Persistently Infected, or “PI” calves can suffer significant losses if they are exposed to another disease agent after having been exposed to the virus.”

“Often BVDV is overlooked as a cause because it has remained undiagnosed in the background. Once

the primary complaint, such as scours, has been managed both farmers and their veterinarians often stop looking for the ultimate cause of the losses.”

BVDV persists in the animal and it continues to infect others. If the PI comes in contact with an unvaccinated, previously unexposed animal, that animal will contract the virus temporarily. Their immune system will be suppressed for up to a couple of months, and if pregnant they are likely to either abort, or if the timing is right, produce another PI. Systematically managing the disease involves ensuring that each new crop of replacement heifers are both immune and PI free prior to mating.

Vaccinations are now available to create BVDV immunity among animals that are not infected. PIs can be identified through antibody testing and removed from the herd.

BVDV remains an under-diagnosed viral disease among cattle, often mistaken for natural genetic weakness in calves that develop poorly, or indirectly causing increased abortion rates and still born calves. Infection can impact on conception, neonatal calf survival, weaning weights, mortality, feed consumption and average daily gain.

“BVDV can impact every aspect of a beef or dairy production system,” Dr Bergman said. “An ear notch test provides a life time PI status for an animal. All PI animals are born that way. By managing each herd to provide immunity to groups of animals at risk and by seeking and removing PI animals where appropriate, producers can break the PI cycle and get on top of BVDV.”

Building on the best and brightest genetics

words: Richard Meredith

Dr. Enoch Bergman

For US-trained veterinarian, Enoch Bergman, moving to the Swans veterinary practice at Esperance on the south coast of Western Australia nine years ago, has provided the opportunity

to hone his skills in bovine reproduction and further develop his specialisation in managing Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV), otherwise known as Pestivirus. In the process he has become one of Australia’s most valued practitioners and a much sought after advisor to beef and dairy producers across the country.

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Udderly AdminA few questions came to the Jersey Australia stand at

International Dairy Week (IDW) regarding the Jersey Futurity and how it all works, I hope this helps.

Each year, breeders from all over Australia select and nominate calves for the Jersey Futurity. Each year a fee is paid to retain the animal’s place in the competition. To enter, the first year fee is $5.00 per animal. Three years after the original nomination, entered cows will travel to IDW in Tatura to be judged.

For example, a 2012 born calf entered into the Jersey Futurity will be judged at the 2015 International Dairy Week (provided that the entry isn’t withdrawn prior to judging).

Challenge your breeding abilities and skill in assessing your calves by entering a 2012 born this year. Application forms are available online at the Jersey Australia website or you may call us at Jersey House to be sent one. Closing date is 30th April 2013 for new nominations.

Cassandra LowesOffice Co Ordinator

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Places are limited you must register by

March 31st 2013For more information see page 30 this issue or visit the Jersey Australia website www.jersey.com.au for

registration forms.

Contact: Robyn Barber on 0418 656 082 or talk to Scott at Jersey Australia on (03) 9370 9105.

WARRION JERSEYSSteven & Roslyn Chant

245 Melrose Road, WARRION, 3249PH: 03 5234 8416

[email protected]

CAMO JERSEYSDavid & Raelene Hallyburton

355 Stoneyford Road, CObdEN, 3266

PH: 03 5595 [email protected]

David & Loretta Halliday539 Naroghid Road, NAROgHId, 3266PH: 03 5595 4466

Alan & Margaret Halliday100 Colac-ballarat Road,

IRREWARRA, 3249PH: 03 5231 4421

gLENbRAE JERSEYSJim & Glenda Carson

Oliver and Melanesia Carson30 blacks Road,

IRREWILLIPE, 3249PH: 03 5235 3279

[email protected]

Jake HarknessC/- Alta geneticsPH: 0448 634 533

[email protected]

SPRING GULLY JERSEYSdon & Jan Murray255 Larpent Road,

bARONgAROOk WESt, 3249PH: 03 5233 8265

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WANSTEAD JERSEYSRoger Heath &

Amanda Reynolds 150 koort-koortnong Road,

CAMPERdOWN. 3260PH: 03 5593 9321

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ROCkVALE JERSEYSDes & Wendy Parker

PO box 25, bEEAC, 3251


CAIRNbRAE JERSEYSAlan & Janine Carson

80 McNabbs Road, IRREWILLIPE EASt, 3249


tAUgHbOYNE JERSEYSKerry McGarvie & Laurie Finney

217 darlington Road, gNOtUk, 3260


JACkIAH & RIPPONLEA JERSEYS

Simon Reid & Belinda Egan165 Flannigans Road,

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JIREH JERSEYSChris & Pam McKenzie859 Cooriemungle Road, COORIEMUNgLE, 3268


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COLAC JERSEY BREEDERS CLUBPresident: David Hallyburton – Secretary: Kerry McGarvie

Life members: Bob Mellross, Anne Mercer, Ted Codling and Jim Parker

New members always welcome

Member ProfileWANSTEAD JERSEYSn Roger and Amanda Heathn 6 children

Historyn Milk off 400 acres and another 280 is used for

replacement stockn Currently milk 250 Jerseys and replacementsn Wanstead Jerseys was formed in 1943 by Mrs EL

Heath and Peter senior helped on the farm at a young age after the death of his father

n Roger left school in 1993 to take the helm at Wanstead

Goalsn To own farm outright and continue to breed good

type and production cowsn To set up a viable future for their children

Achievementsn Judging Royal Shows, both Adelaide and Melbournen Judged Great Southern Challenge in 2006n Have represented the Colac Club in OFC on four

occasionsn Reserve Champion at Melbourne Royal in 2003n Most successful exhibitor in same year n Bulls to use in 2013 –Elton,Blackstone,Celebrity,PT

Semen and will look closer at others when it gets closer to joining

n Football Team – Melbourne Apart from family if you could invite 6 people for dinner who would they be?

1 John Northey2 Adam Gilchrist3 Shane Warne4 Kerry O’Keefe5 Jennifer Hawkins6 Alan Carson


words: Michael Porteus

JERSEYS have added to their international surge and renaissance year in Australian showrings

with an award that makes it official: Jerseys make Australia’s best milk.

The recognition came when Warrnambool Cheese and Butter scooped the “best of the best” milk award for its Sungold Jersey Milk at the 2013 Australian Grand Dairy Awards.

Comments from the AGDA panel of 21 expert judges say that the milk supplied by pure Jersey herds around Warranmbool in south west Victoria is “sweet, fresh and an absolute delight to drink”.

“The texture produces a full bodied mouth-feel with a clean after-taste,” the judges say. The pure Jersey milk is now entitled to say it is “the best of the best” in Australia.

Dairy Australia says the Australian Grand Dairy Awards were created in 1999 to recognise and reward excellence and innovation in Australian dairy produce, and acknowledge the achievements of the people who produce the products. The 2013 winners were announced in Melbourne in November.

The recognition that Jerseys make Australia’s best milk came at the end of a year when a Jerseys won the top awards at International Dairy Week and the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne shows - their first clean sweep of Eastern-state supreme champion ribbons in decades.

International experts speaking at the Jersey Australia annual general meeting underlined the Jersey renaissance when they detailed US research showing Jerseys’ better efficiency with land, water and carbon. They say Australian breeders are well placed to benefit from an expected doubling in the world Jersey herd.

Warrnambool increases sales of pure Jersey milk WARRNAMBOOL Cheese and Butter is to

further increase production of its Sungold Jersey Milk brand after the pure Jersey milk product was named Champion Milk at Dairy Australia’s 2013 Australian Grand Dairy Awards.

The Warrnambool co-op based in south-west Victoria says there has been a ten-fold increase in

sales of the milk since its introduction in 2011. WCB now produces 2.5 mllion litres of Sungold

Jersey Milk a year. It sells about a million litres in Sydney, where cafes like the Jersey milk which gives a silkier crema on cappuccinos. The co-op expects sales of the milk will continue to increase.

The product is supplied by pure Jersey herds on farms located less than a hour by tanker from Warrnambool. WCB has moved well beyond the six herds with which it launched the product. It is working with more Jersey farms to meet the current demand increase, and speaking to further Jersey farms about longer-term opportunities. The farmers who produce the pure Jersey milk don’t receive extra payments beyond their normal uplifts for higher components.

WCB retail dairying manager Bill Slater says the co-op is reviewing the development of the product, and has already made plans to this year begin selling Sungold Jersey Light Milk. Bill says this responds to many customer requests for a light version of the pure Jersey milk.

It’s official: Jerseys make Australia’s best milk

WCB retail dairying manager Bill Slater.

Sungold Senior Sales Manager Paul Pino accepts the Australian Grand Dairy

Award naming its pure Jersey milk the “best of the

best” in Australia.

Warrnambool Cheese and Butter sells pure Jersey milk in one and two-litre cartons in specialist outlets and supermarkets.


Farmers welcome recognitionWCB innovation project manager

Adriana Robaina says everyone at Warrnambool was “very pleased” with the Australian Grand Dairy Award.

“We are very proud to see the milk recognised because we know hard our farmers work to achieve a top-quality product,” Adriana says. “We understand the effort that goes into the product they are making. We know that it’s the best of the best that’s going in.”

She says the Sungold suppliers are “very conscientious with general dairy quality management”. “They really care about their cows,” she says. “They look after them.”

Adriana says WCB hand-picks farms to supply the pure Jersey milk product. “Every farmer has their individual plans,” Adriana says. “They are all at different stages, and we respect what their business plans are.

“We do have additional supply that we are adding to the program as required, but we are interested in hearing from Jersey farmers in the area who would like to be part of the program.”

Some Warrnambool farmers are considering removing small numbers of cross-breeds from their herds so they can supply the pure Jersey product.

Adriana says Sungold Jersey Milk is a niche product, and its sales growth has exceeded expectations. “There’s still growth occurring in that market, and we are working with that,” she says.

She says the current suppliers are all multi-generational family farms who have built up their herds over a long time. “They are very proud of their herds,” she says. “They are just very conscientious in every aspect of farming. There’s nothing too unusual about what they do. They just do the basics really well.

“But they are all family farms too. They’ve got different businesses and they are at different stages. They’ve got different herd sizes and slightly different calving patterns, which helps us.”

Pure Jersey products are also produced on smaller scales in New South Wales and South Australia, where they sell at specialist retailers and farmers’ markets, and are used in cafes.

The WCB Sungold Jesey milk sells to specialist outlets, but also retails for about $2.10 a litre in one- and two-litre cartons in supermarkets in south-west Victoria. It ships with four per cent butterfat.

Well-kept Jerseys ‘look after you’SECOND-generation Jersey farmer Robert Neal says it was

great to see Warrnambool’s Jersey milk judged the best milk in Australia.

Robert milks 300 Jerseys on a 300ha farm 25km north-east of Warrnambool. He produces more than 1.3 million litres a year

at about 5.4 per cent butterfat and up to 3.9 per cent protein. Robert’s father Mel was a Jersey classifier. Robert did milk a

mixed herd for a while when he share-farmed after marrying his wife Sharyn. But they have stuck to Jerseys since they took over Robert’s parents’ property 20 years ago. They now run the farm with their son Paul and his wife Michelle.

Robert says that if you look after Jerseys, they look after you. “Jerseys are a bit smaller and a bit easier to handle, and

they don’t take as much to feed,” he says. “They are just better converters of grass than a bigger cow.”

Their Jerseys each get one kilo of grain a day in the dairy, but the farm grows all their other feed. It does not irrigate apart from recycling dairy effluent onto a small area of summer crops.

Robert is not planning to apply for organic certification because he does use a few chemicals in the dairy. But he says he uses compost, lime and fish fertiliser, and hasn’t used any water-soluble fertilisers for almost 20 years.

He says overseas genetics have changed his herd in those years, and he now has larger and higher-producing Jerseys.

Robert and Sharyn visited Scotland, France and the island of Jersey last year. They were shown around three farms on Jersey, where Robert says he saw some magnificent Jerseys.

“It’s a different system from Australia,” he says. “They are all housed for a big part of the year. A Jersey cow in Australia has got to walk a lot further than they do in Europe. But I think our Jersey cow would hold up very well with overseas Jerseys.”

Robert says that even Jersey breeders from Jersey itself now use international Jersey genetics, after the lifting three years ago of a ban on imports of semen to the island where the breed began.

Back home, Robert is not surprised by the success of the WCB pure Jersey milk, because “people like quality in their food’.

His herd always gets quality grass, so he didn’t have to give them anything special after the AGDA win.

“I just told them they were good cows,” he says. “But they probably couldn’t give a damn.”

Pure Jersey milk supplier Robert Neal with his son Paul and daughter- in-law Michelle, and their daughters Hannah and Lucy.


USDA December 2012 Proofs; Tower Vue Prime TEQUILA - ET has lived up to the hype as been the No.1 Type, Udder

and Stature Sire in the USA dominating the colored shavings at the World Dairy Expo, All-American Jersey Show in Louisville, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair and more recently International Dairy Week with daughters taking out various championships and classes and was awarded the “2012 World Dairy Expo Premier Sire”.

Tequila’s early progeny in Australia are standouts, siring them with greater Stature, strong Top lines, superb Rump and Foot Angle, coupled with outstanding Strength and Style. He now has 120 classified daughters in the USA where he remains the leading Type +2.4, Stature +4.2 and Udder Index +6.62 Sire.

Sweetie PLUS Iatolas Bold is ranked amongst the Top 10 JPI Sires and is the equal No.4 Type Bull in Top 20 JSI Sires in the USA at +1.9. He transmits excellent Udders +5.18 with huge Milk Production +1404M and outstanding Health Traits for Productive Life, Cell Counts and is one of the best for Semen Fertility.

Richies Jace TBONE A364 now has almost 9,000 daughters milking in the USA and remains one of the best all-round Jersey Sires with 56 lbs of Fat and 30 lbs of Protein, positive deviations and Type scores of +2 for Overall Type and +3.45 for his Udder Index. Tbone is the No.1 Sire for Teat Placement along with been the equal No.3 Type Sire in the USA.

Tbone is also ranked amongst the Top 10 Sires for Overall Type, Protein%, Dairy Form, Udder Cleft and Foot Angle. In Australia where his daughters are now coming into milk, he is one of only two sires in the breed who are over +200 for APR and over +120 for Overall Type.

NEW RELEASE SIRE: Heartland Mrchnt TORONTO - ET is an exciting new A2/A2 Genomic Merchant son from the newly appraised 95 Point and much admired “Heartland Nathan Texas – ET EX95” who is a highly contacted bull dam in North America and is backed by 3 Generations of Excellence (EX95 x EX90 x EX92) with breed leading Udders +5.79 JUI.

Toronto transmits elite Type +1.9, high Milk Flow +668M, Positive Components 52 Lbs Fat, +0.11% and +33 Protein, +0.04% with outstanding Productive Life +3.4, Cell Counts +2.91 and all-round Functional Traits.

Dam of Excitement; Riverside Country Lollypop – EX93IDW 2013; Senior Champion, Grand Champion and Overall Best Udder Cow. Owned by Riverside Jerseys, Vic

Tbone Dtr; Cairnbrae Tbone Benita – EX92Great Southern Jersey Challenge 2012; Champion 3 Year Old In-Milk. Owned by Cairnbrae Jerseys, Vic

Dam of Toronto; Heartland Nathan Texas – ET EX95

Agri-Gene – Your No.1 Jersey Source

SHOW & SALE RESULTS: (2012 Great Southern Jersey Challenge); TBONE and SPIRITUAL dominated the 2 and 3 Year Old In-Milk classes with Cairnbrae Tbone Daisy – VG88 taking out the Champion 2 Year Old In-Milk, Jugiong Dasmel – VG88 (Spiritual) placed 3rd in the class and Cairnbrae Tbone Benita – EX92 took the Champion 3 Year Old In-Milk.

(IDW 2013); TEQUILA sired two first place getters in the heifer classes from the Shirlinn Jersey Stud. Shirlinn Tequila Wren took out the 6-12 Month Heifer class and Shirlinn Tequila Snowflake took out the 12-18 Month Heifer class.

Riverside Country Lollypop – EX93; the dam of new Gold Label Sire; Riverside EXCITEMENT was 1st Placed 5 Year Old In-Milk, Senior Champion, Grand Champion and Overall Best Udder Cow. Lollypop was also 1st Place 4 Year Old and Champion Cow in the 2012 WDJBC On-Farm Challenge and was 4th overall in the Great Southern Jersey Challenge.

PARAMOUNT sired the 6 Year Old In-Milk 1st place getter; Homelands Sleeping Beauty – EX93.

Congratulations to all Jersey breeders on your recent success at IDW 2013 with Agri-Gene sired progeny.


Burra now has about 150 suppliers. It processed 265 million litres of milk in 2011-12, up from 242 million litres the previous year, and well ahead of the 122 million litres it processed 2009-10.

Seven percent of Burra suppliers have pure Jersey herds. A further five per cent have mixed herds including Jerseys.

The firm’s supply manager Reno Tomaino says milk is milk, and he doesn’t have the data to favour the milk produced by any particular breed.

However, he says higher concentrations of milk solids can result in smaller haulage charges for Jersey suppliers, and energy savings during processing. He says Jerseys’ smaller udders could help minimise somatic cell counts. And he agrees that any advantages that Jerseys have for the environment will become more important as the international market increasingly values climate-friendly products.

Reno says the high Australian dollar and international economic conditions will continue to challenge dairy exporters, and even small advantages can be important to farmers on narrow margins.

Burra Foods expects to announce in coming months a third increase this financial year in the price it returns to its suppliers, who are expected to be earning about $5 per kilogram of milk solids by the middle of this year.

Reno says Burra Foods is always in a development phase. “We always work closely with our customer base to develop new products, or improve the products we provide. We aim to increase our milk supply in the next few years by around 10 to 15 percent a year.”

He says farmers who are interested in suppling Burra can contact the firm by phone or email. “We pay our suppliers by milk solids,” he says. “Every kilogram of butterfat or protein they produce, we’ll

pay it. And we pay them all the same, regardless of breed.”

But he recognises that Jerseys have an advantage because they produce higher percentages of milk solids. Farmers tell him it’s a smaller animal so it eats less, and causes less damage on paddocks in wet years. “Because it’s a smaller animal, the Jersey cow needs less energy to produce the same amount of solids,” Reno says.

He says Burra is a “business-to-business company”. “We make dairy ingredients in bulk form, and we sell it to our customers who in turn manufacture retail products.” Burra exports milk solids as powders and blends.

It has operated from its current site in Korumburra since 1991. It formed a partnership with the Japanese Itochu Corporation in 2009 which enabled it to build a multi-million-dollar milk-dryer facility. This opened doors to wider and more lucrative high-end dry milk product markets expanding across Asia and the Middle East.

“Any way that you can reduce the cost of production or processing is certainly a plus,” Reno says when asked if Jerseys’

higher component levels help his firm. “So if you look at it from that point of view, I think it’s a big positive.”

He says he doesn’t have the data to judge if Jerseys are better from an environmental perspective, but common sense would suggest that a cow that consumes less is better for the environment.

However, he does agree that cows that are good for the environment will be cows that will be good to meet Burra’s future needs as international customers become more aware of climate issues.

“Moving forward, the environmental issues around any product will play a bigger part than they have in the past,” he says. “If there’s less water that has to be removed from the milk, there’s a saving on energy, and that’s climate friendly.”

He says farmers can help meet Burra’s needs by continuing what they do now. “Keep on growing, keep on producing good quality milk,” he says. “When I compare the quality in our milk at Burra with some of the general quality around the area and in other areas, our farmers are very very good. In fact, exceptionally good.”

Reno says there is “absolutely” a bright future for Australian dairy exports: “World population is growing, the need for food is always there. Australia has a good reputation for producing good natural foods, so that will always be there.

“The thing that worries me a bit is that the industry has got to return a price where dairy farming is still viable.”

He says developments with the domestic milk market - such as one-dollar-a-litre supermarket prices - do not help. “You pay more for a litre of water than you do for a litre of milk,” he says. “It’s a sad thing.

“The viability of the dairy industry will depend entirely on whether dairying can bring a return.

“If it doesn’t, I don’t know where the next generation of dairy farmers is going to come from.”

Burra Foods milk supply officer Suzanne Lee and milk supply manager Reno Tomaino at the firm’s factory in Korumburra.

Jerseys well placed to supply growing exports

Victorian diary ingredients exporter Burra Foods expects that more Jersey farmers will supply with more milk to its factory in Korumburra as it

continues to grow its exports by ten to 15 per cent a year.

words: Michael Porteus

CENTRAL GIPPSLAND JERSEY BREEDERS CLUB inc.

President: David Anderson (03) 5627 6344 Secretary: Anthea Day (03) 5626 6373

We invite you as an exhibitor or spectator to join us for the

Friday, April 12, 2013 at Logan Park, Warragul

Judge: Mr Geoff Heazlewood, Merseybank Jerseys, Tasmania

Over $6000 worth of prizes!!

Craig and Julie O’Meara77 Wandella Road, Cobargo NSW 2550Ph: 02 6493 6478 Mob: 0437 936 478

17th April 201377 Wandella Road Cobargo NSW 2550

Sires of Lots Include:SeniorSpiritualIatolaExcitationComericaRessurectionGovenorReaganBadgerOn-timeFuturityEltonAction

Misty Glen Banjo’s Belle Ex 91Champion Cow Bega 2011 & 2012

Reserve Champion Cow Sydney Royal 2012Her Tequila daughter selling

Misty Glen Flower Power Regal Ex92Tequila bull selling

Paternal Grand Dam of many Pregancies in Sale

Salvation BRC Noella1st 2yrs heifer Sydney Royal 2012

Champion Junior heifer Bega calf day 2010Champion heifer Cobargo show 2012

Selling is her Megastar sister

Maternal Lines From:KenaireCedar ValeBrunchilliClaydon ParkShirlinnOranaMisty GlenLlowenaCherrybankAdadaleIngalalaSaangloTorrens View

The Next Generation Sale

SELLING 100 hEad40 due to calve heifers Aug/Sept 2013 PTIC•30 1st calvers•30 2nd calvers•

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